Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What plans she has to ensure the (a) transparency and (b) accountability of the proposed Office for Environmental Protection.”
Tabled: 28 October 2019Answered: 31 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Rachel Reeves
Yes, absolutely; pension credit can be backdated by up to three months, and we will ensure that that happens. We are also working closely with Liverpool city council to ensure that the constituents in Liverpool Wavertree, and indeed in all our constituencies, are getting the support that they entitled to. The poorest pensioners, who are entitled to pension credit, should get it. It is a travesty that 800,000 missed out under the last Conservative Government. We will ensure that pensioners entitled to support get it.